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Manifestations of 'capabilities poverty' with learners attending informal settlement schools
South African Journal of Education, 2009 In this study I use the notion of 'capabilities poverty', as theorised by Sen, to examine the experiences of learners attending informal settlement schools in North-West Province, South Africa.
Rouaan Maarman
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Frontiers in Sustainable CitiesThe study had the purpose of holistically assessing informal settlement upgrading in the Caribbean, due to Trinidad and Tobago's high prevalence of housing informality.
Jabari Hollis Jacob, Julia R. Kotzebue
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Misassigning Income: The Supreme Court and Attorneys\u27 Fees [PDF]
, 2005 This past term\u27s Supreme Court decision in Commissioner v. Banks and Commissioner v. Banaitis distorts foundational principles, known as assignment of income law, which help identify the person who must report income for federal tax purposes.
Cohen, Stephen B.
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The Role of Direct-Injury Government-Entity Lawsuits in the Opioid Litigation [PDF]
, 2018 The opioid epidemic has ravaged the United States, killing over 100 Americans every day and costing the nation upward of $90 billion a year. All branches and levels of the government have pursued measures to combat the epidemic and reduce its societal ...
Aliferov, Edgar
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Sustainability Orientation and Entrepreneurial Performance in Resource‐Constrained Contexts
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This study examines how sustainability orientation shapes entrepreneurial performance in bottom‐of‐the‐pyramid (BoP) markets by theorizing responsible entrepreneurship as a central mechanism and BoP orientation as a contextual contingency. Using survey data from 283 small‐ and medium‐sized enterprises (SMEs) in Ghana, we integrate perspectives
George Obeng Dankwah +5 more
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Labour Law, Judicial Efficiency and Informal Employment in India [PDF]
This study assesses the effects of industrial disputes legislation and the dispute settlement process on informal versus formal employment in India.
Sonja Fagernäs
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Regulation of Dispute Resolution in the United States of America: From the Formal to the Informal to the ‘Semi-formal’ [PDF]
, 2013 The story of ADR in the US is one of ‘co-optation’ of what was to be a serious challenge to formalistic and legalistic approaches to legal and social problem solving and is now highly institutionalized by its more formal use in courts.
Menkel-Meadow, Carrie
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Tensions of Sustainability Logics: Performance of a Company Utilizing a Sustainable Business Model
Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.ABSTRACT In recent years, companies have used sustainable business models to gain a competitive advantage. However, there are tensions due to the inconsistency between social, environmental, and economic logic in sustainable business models, making it difficult for companies to change. To understand the existing tensions and interactions between logics,
Ann‐Kristin Thienemann
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Using COVID-19 as a lens to examine assumptions about urban informality
Global Social Challenges JournalThis article examines some key concepts that dominated academic discussion of the likely impact of COVID-19 on informal settlements. The literature identified various factors including, inter alia density, crowding, overcrowding and connectivity, used ...
David Everatt
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Conflict Resolution Quarterly, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This article examines the role of restorative justice coordinators in supporting teachers and schools in adopting a whole‐school approach to restorative justice in education. Coordinators are often tasked with implementing a train‐and‐hope model, in which they receive initial training in restorative justice but are largely left unsupported ...
Crystena Parker‐Shandal +3 more
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